Where: Shropshire, United Kingdom (52.4° N, 2.8° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 8.6° S, 46.6° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Downton Castle Formation, Pridoli (422.7 - 419.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: paralic; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Smith in 1858; reposited in the BGS
• Repository: Geological Survey Museum, London
Primary reference: K. E. Caster and E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1955. Marsupipterus, an unusual eurypterid from the Downtonian of England. Journal of Paleontology 29:1040-1041 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140811: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.03.2013
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Taxonomic list
Marsupipterus sculpturatus n. gen. n. sp.
Marsupipterus sculpturatus n. gen. n. sp. Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1955 eurypterid |